I ride a 65cm, and the downtube shifters are right in the arcswing of my arm if I bend my other elbow just a bit to lower myself. If one's arm doesn't swing to the dt shifters, I wouldn't recommend using them no matter what height they are. It may have to do with leg/torso/arm proportions, but I don't think it's intrinsic to being tall.
I think it's a losing battle to ever encourage someone to switch to dt's. Probably most new users in this era will be self-motivators who will try it on their own, and some will stick with it. I like it really well, but no one was gonna tell me to use such an elegantly simple way to shift. The only time that dt's make one's life demonstrably better is while experimenting with stems and bars. On Aug 2, 11:02 am, Rex Kerr <rexk...@gmail.com> wrote: > Interesting question. I'm also curious how much frame size has to do with > DT shifter preferences. > > I ride a ~67 cm frame and the reach to DT shifters is insane, making me > uncomfortable using them. For this reason I have a strong preference for > barend shifters. I'm curious if this is true for other tall riders. > > -Rex > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 5:00 AM, Forrest <ftme...@me.com> wrote: > > Among those of you who now use downtube shifters (or have in the past), how > > many of you are confirmed fans of downtube shifting, and how many of you > > tried it as an experiment but then switched to a different shifting system > > that you felt was better? Oh, and any thoughts re downtube indexed vs. > > downtube friction would be welcome. > > > Thanks, -- Forrest (Iowa City) > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > >https://groups.google.com/d/msg/rbw-owners-bunch/-/ewWKs5Wvv_gJ. > > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
